Khe Sanh-Jimmy Barnes

[ti:Khe Sanh] [ar:Jimmy Barnes] [al:Live At The Chapel] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Khe Sanh - Jimmy Barnes [00:07.67]I left my heart to the sappers round khe sanh [00:11.08] [00:13.30]And my soul was sold with my cigarettes to the black market man [00:18.09] [00:19.17]I've had the Vietnam cold turkey [00:21.42] [00:22.09]From the ocean to the silver city [00:24.12] [00:25.07]And it's only other vets could understand [00:28.77] [00:31.13]About the long forgotten dockside guarantees [00:35.10] [00:37.17]How there were no v dayheroes we back in 1973 [00:42.23] [00:42.88]How we sailed into Sydney harbour [00:45.17] [00:46.17]Saw an old friend but couldn't kiss her [00:48.10] [00:49.11]She was lined and I was home to the lucky land [00:52.73] [00:55.30]And she was like so many more from that time on [00:58.62] [01:01.38]Their lives were all so empty till they found their chosen one [01:06.03] [01:07.23]And their legs were often open [01:10.07]But their minds were always closed [01:12.48] [01:13.36]And their hearts were held in fast suburban chains [01:17.01] [01:19.07]And the legal pads were yellow hours long paypacket lean [01:24.22] [01:25.68]And the telex writers clattered where the gunships once had been [01:30.36] [01:31.57]But the car parks made me jumpy [01:33.22] [01:34.35]And I never stopped the dreams [01:36.69] [01:37.29]Or the growing need for speed and novacaine [01:40.92] [01:43.65]So I worked across the country end to end [01:46.86] [01:48.99]Tried to find a place to settle down where my mixed up life could mend [01:54.14] [01:54.89]Held a job on an oil rig [01:58.24]Flying choppers when I could [02:00.18] [02:01.14]But the nightlife nearly drove me round the bend [02:05.40] [02:07.11]And I've travelled round the world from year to year [02:11.21] [02:13.53]And each one found me aimless one more year the more for wear [02:18.76]And I've been back to south east Asia [02:21.52] [02:22.37]But the answer sure ain't there [02:24.25] [02:25.15]But I'm drifting north to check things out again [02:28.53] [02:55.27]You know the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone [02:58.66] [03:01.20]Only seven flying hours and I'll be landing in Hong Kong [03:06.42] [03:07.26]There ain't nothing like the kisses [03:09.33] [03:10.12]From a jaded Chinese princess [03:12.32] [03:13.15]I'm gonna hit some Hong Kong mattress all night long [03:16.79] [03:19.25]Well the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone [03:22.94] [03:25.38]Yeah the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone [03:28.88] [03:31.38]And it's really got me worried [03:33.38] [03:34.21]I'm going nowhere and I'm in a hurry [03:36.75] [03:37.32]And the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone [03:40.94] [03:43.48]Well the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone [03:47.01] [03:49.24]Yeah the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone [03:52.83] [03:55.72]And it's really got me worried [03:57.65] [03:58.26]I'm going nowhere and I'm in a hurry [04:00.56] [04:01.22]And the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone